Pérez-Llorca incorporates four new partners in Lisbon

Pérez-Llorca appoints Adolfo Mesquita Nunes and Débora Melo Fernandes as public law and regulatory partners; Evo Fernandes as real estate partner and Susana Estêvão Gonçalves as tax partner, all supervised by Gonçalo Capela Godinho, coordinating partner of the Lisbon office.

Adolfo Mesquita Nunes

Adolfo Mesquita Nunes joins Pérez-Llorca’s Portuguese project as a public and regulatory law partner from a Portuguese firm where he co-headed this area together with Débora Melo Fernandes. With more than 20 years of practice, he has focused his activity in the areas of public policy, public procurement, regulation and administrative litigation. Adolfo Mesquita Nunes is, to date, Vice-President and independent non-executive director of Galp Energia, member of the arbitration panel of the Centro de Arbitragem Administrativa (CAAD) and visiting professor at Nova School of Business and Economics and Nova School of Law.

Débora Melo Fernandes

Débora Melo Fernandes joins Pérez-Llorca’s Lisbon office as a public and regulatory law partner. A specialist in public and administrative law, Fernandes has worked in leading law firms and was, until now, co-head of the public and regulatory law area of a Portuguese law firm together with Adolfo Mesquita Nunes. She has experience in advising national and international companies in highly regulated sectors such as mobility, energy and telecommunications, as well as in highly relevant matters related to the preparation and execution of public contracts. She represents public and private entities in their litigation before administrative courts and in arbitration proceedings and is an Arbitrator of the Centro de Arbitragem Administrativa (CAAD). She is also founder of the Associação de Direito Administrativo (ADA) and ambassador of ‘Women in ESG’.

Evo Fernandes

Evo Fernandes has developed her professional career in international law firms and until joining Pérez-Llorca she was a member of the Real Estate Law department of the Lisbon office of a British law firm. His practice focuses on advising domestic and foreign investors, such as financial institutions, investment funds and private equity funds, in real estate transactions, real estate development projects and real estate asset management, specifically in the tourism, office, logistics, shopping centers and residential and alternative residential sectors. She also has experience in the acquisition of REO and NPL portfolios, in the acquisition of renewable energy projects, in sale and leaseback transactions, in leasing transactions and in real estate due diligence.

Susana Estêvão Gonçalves

Susana Estêvão Gonçalves has forged her career in Portuguese and international law firms and, until joining Pérez-Llorca, she was a tax partner in the Lisbon office of a Spanish law firm. She has experience in tax advice on national and international investments, in the tax structuring of M&A operations in sectors such as energy, infrastructure or real estate, in financial and private equity transactions, as well as in corporate restructurings. She also specializes in international corporate taxation, including transfer pricing, permanent establishment and taxation of cross-border flows. She also provides recurring advice on the structuring of personal and family wealth and on tax audits and litigation.

“Our plan in Portugal is firm and ambitious. Our intention is to continue growing and, with the incorporations announced today, our Lisbon office has a team of professionals capable of accompanying our clients in all the legal aspects required in a commercial operation” said Gonçalo Capela Godinho, coordinating partner of the Lisbon office of the Firm. “At Pérez-Llorca we aim to become one of the leading law firms in the Iberian Peninsula and our strategy to achieve this goal is to bring together the best professionals, partners, lawyers and business services staff to build this office and provide the best service in the market to our clients,” said Godinho.

Photo caption, from left to right: Adolfo Mesquita Nunes, Débora Melo Fernandes, Evo Fernandes, Susana Estêvão Gonçalves